Summers_Off

Summers_Off

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  1. Do you wear rings?

    I leave my diamond at home. It has a really high setting and putting on those paper thin, stuck together sterile gloves is a joke. I have a plain thin band that I wear to clinicals. It was dirt cheap...
  2. What time do you start clinical?

    0645 or 0700 depending on the clinical instructor. Per the official registration time 0645. Really sucks when your daycare opens at 0630 and it's 25 minutes
  3. Second time around: what did you do differently?

    My suggestion is to do lots and lots and lots of NCLEX style questions related to your exam topics and read ALL the rationales. I pick up little tidbits and it trains my mind how to focus on what the...
  4. losing hope in nursing school

    UNC-CH is extremely competitive to get into and they are cutting back due to budgetary strains. Why continue to put all your hopes and dreams into one particular program? I'm not saying to not try...
  5. I was about to write a post about this, but luckily I did a search first. I'm glad I did because you wrote the post for me! :) Only difference is that I don't like the driving OR the work. Have you...
  6. HELP!!! New grad with two great choices...

    In my opinion, where the hospital is located is a very minor consideration unless you have to walk to work or take public transportation. Dream job hand down! Maybe I am biased though. I go to less...
  7. Accrediation - which ones matter the most?

    I think most NLNAC programs are ADN programs and CCNE are BSN. I remember reading that somewhere when I was researching
  8. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Can a student nurse chime in?When your mother is telling you about a road trip up the coast she is making with some of her retired friends and you start talking about how they need to get out and walk...
  9. I HATE NANDA!!!!

    :uhoh21: Do you have a camera in my house????
  10. quote from esme12 [color=#333333]see this is the craziness i speak of.......a new grad comes out of school and has a patient in acute respiratory distress and we, the experienced nurses, think they...
  11. And you won't insert any Foleys on females in the ICU? Or change a soiled brief? lady partss are everywhere!!! :redlight: If it helps, I don't think having a lady parts makes me any more comfortable...
  12. Do YOU enjoy nursing school?

    I like it when someone basically writes my post for me :). Seriously though, I agree with all of this. I started this adventure with a toddler. I have had to sacrifice the tiny bit of social life I...
  13. new grad salaries

    Per my school, NG pay in Charlotte is approximately
  14. Does RN-BSN programs have more "old" people???

    I agree (although I can't comment on the "and sex" part). College, even for nursing majors, is an experience for traditional students. It's much more than acquiring the formal education to reach some...
  15. How long did you lurk before you joined?

    Not long enough to know that my initial post of "think I can get into such and such school with such and such qualifications?" is a major pet peeve of the members
  16. Two words..... CROCK POT. Also, I have a monthly meal calendar with ingredient/shopping list. It saves a lot of time when you don't have to expend ANY energy with "what's for dinner?" and "what do I...
  17. Nursing Future?

    What about PA? Not that I don't think nursing is GREAT :loveya:... just a suggestion based on your personal history.
  18. I think the OP might have been posting via a cell phone. He/she probably wrote MSN and the cell phone thought it was smarter and that MAN was better. The post also said the OP was studying for the...
  19. YouTube Nurse Vlogs

    I follow this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/777mendoza777 I don't know how knowledgable he is, but when you look like that, who cares?!?!?! Yummy with a spoon!!!:heartbeat Just kidding, I think...
  20. Need to find a good RN school

    I believe all the community colleges require CNA first. I can't recall any 2 year programs in Charlotte area that didn't. I believe even Queens requires it now (but Queens isn't cheap!). You can do...
  21. nurse working on weekends-daycare options?

    I have seen posts at my school for people looking for babysitters. Nursing students make great babysitters :-) ... they're already background checked, know first aid/CPR, and would love a great...
  22. Why do you do what you do and DON'T do what you don't do?

    this student is reading! i would love peds but i already know i better take what i can get, say thank you, and learn all that i
  23. Wet-to-Dry Dressing

    Hmmm.... very interesting. I just searched for this b/c the ATI skills video said w2d should not be used for debridement which was a direct contradiction to what my clinical instructor told me a week...
  24. MD vs NP in the picu setting

    What a great
  25. Fundamentals class (mini-vent)

    Where's the science? Where are the diseases? Where are the drugs? Sigh... Sleep? Stress? Self-concept? Culture? Caring? Before I get flamed, I know and understand that this stuff is critical. You...